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.TH HAL-DEVICE 8 "Aug 25, 2006"
.SH NAME
hal-device \- manage HAL devices
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBhal-device\fR  [\fB-h\fR] [\fB--a\fR \fIudi\fR |  \fB--r\fR \fIudi\fR]
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) provides a view of the various hardware
attached to a system. The \fBhal-device\fR command enables you to manage
devices that conform to the HAL standard. Specifically, \fBhal-device\fR lets
you add or remove a device to or from the HAL global device list. Device
properties are read from stdin in \fBlshal(8)\fR syntax.
.SH OPTIONS
.sp
.LP
The following options are supported:
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-a\fR, \fB--add\fR \fIudi\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
Add device specified by Universal Device Identifier \fIudi\fR to HAL's global
device list.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-h\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
Display usage information.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB-r\fR, \fB--remove\fR \fIudi\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 20n
Remove device specified by Universal Device Identifier \fIudi\fR from HAL's
global device list.
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Volatile
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR attributes (7),
.BR hal (7),
.BR hald (8)
